VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-8383

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-09-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-1188

Primary references